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Photo / 123RF\n\nAn employer has sparked a furious backlash after she revealed the one \"simple rule\" she swears by when it comes to hiring people. Photo / 123RF\n\nEvery year, we trawl through the archives and republish a few of the standout business stories from the last year. This is essentially a mix of the most popular, topical or insightful pieces published in 2019. Here's one that made the cut. This piece was first published on 8 April.\n\n\"If someone doesn't send a thankyou email, don't hire them.\"\n\nThis is the one rule Insider Inc's executive managing editor Jessica Liebman swears by when it comes to hiring potential employees \u2014 but it's sparked a storm of controversy.\n\nHaving interviewed hundreds of prospective workers, she penned an article arguing not sending a follow-up email is the \"number one mistake\" an interviewee can make.\n\n\"The truth is, the hiring process can uncover only so much,\" she wrote in Business Insider. \"You're often basing your decision on a small sample of data that you collected during a few hours of speaking with them, sometimes not even in person.\"\n\nShe says hiring managers should always \"expect a thankyou email\", adding \"you should never make an offer to someone who neglected to send one\".\n\nShe says there's two reasons for this \u2014 one being it signals the person really wants the job, and the other being how someone presents in interviews may not translate to effectiveness in the role.\n\n\"While sending a thankyou note doesn't necessarily guarantee the person will be a good hire, it gives you the tiniest bit more data: The candidate is eager, organised, and well mannered enough to send the note.\n\n\"It shows resourcefulness, too, because the candidate often has to hunt down an email address the interviewer never gave them.\"\n\nThe piece sparked a furious backlash after Liebman shared it on Twitter, with many people suggesting it was an entitled approach to take to interviews.\n\nMy simple rule: don\u2019t work anywhere that thinks having access to your talent is a bigger win for you than it is for them.\n\n\n\nCompanies that compete on talent recruit to persuade. Companies that view hiring as merely finding workers worry about thank you emails. \u2014 The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) April 6, 2019\n\nThis is an arbitrary bit of gatekeeping that is both culture- and generation-specific. In doing this you\u2019re also gong to skew results to people who act and think like you, thereby decreasing intellectual diversity on the team. A thank you is classy, but not a disqualifier. \u2014 Scott Hanselman (@shanselman) April 6, 2019\n\nYou know taking a day off work, going someplace unfamiliar, then participating in ~8 hours of technical and personal interviews is exhausting, right? \u2014 Rebecca (Slatkin) Sloane (@RebeccaSlatkin) April 7, 2019\n\nThese employees will be creating value for your company, it\u2019s you that should be thankful. No wonder people leave after few months, sounds like a toxic work environment where only the yay sayers are accepted \u2014 Marijam Did\u017egalvyt\u0117 (@marijamdid) April 5, 2019\n\nMany users also wondered whether Liebman sent thankyou emails to interviewees for taking the time to meet with her:\n\nHave you been sending everyone who applies thank you notes too? Signalling goes both ways. \u2014 Nat (@unfortunatalie) April 7, 2019\n\nBut others agreed with her approach, saying sending thankyou emails is a professional and courteous thing to do.\n\nIt's professional courtesy to send a thank you email. Plenty of people with talent out there who still have manners. \u2014 Melissa Hope (@missyhopez) April 6, 2019\n\nI agree with her on this. The level of effort that goes into screening and hiring a canidate is STRESSFUL, and to not even send a thank-you note or letter shows to me 1. You're inconsiderate, and 2. Your business etiquette is lacking. But most of all you're inconsiderate. \u2014 Atlanta\u2019s Tech Emperor (@ThugDebugger) April 7, 2019\n\nIn 2012, Liebman wrote a similar article detailing her expectations for thankyou emails.\n\nShe said the interviewee should thank her for taking the time to talk with them, restate they wanted the job and add a quick plug about why they would be perfect for it.\n\nShe said if she didn't get an email like this, she would \"assume you don't want the job\" and \"think you're disorganised and forgot about following up\", adding \"there is a much higher shot I'll forget about you\".\n\nNews.com.au has contacted Liebman for comment.", "keywords": [], "meta_keywords": ["best", "2019", "boss", "sparks", "social", "media", "uproar", "after", "sharing", "rule", "hiring", "people", "every", "year", "trawl", "through", "archives", "republish", "standout", "business", "stories", "from", "last", "this", "essentially", "most", "popular", "topical", "insightful", "pieces", "published", "heres", "that", "made", "cut", "piece", "first", "april"], "tags": ["Hockey", "Food & Drink", "Health", "Fashion & Beauty", "UFC", "Business Travel", "Job Market", "Canvas", "Career Advice", "Athletics", "American Sports", "Auckland", "Corporate News", "Culture", "Books", "Relationships", "Mood of the Boardroom", "Football", "Small Business", "Basketball", "Cycling", "Netball", "Golf", "Spy", "Wellbeing", "International Travel", "Personal Finance", "Economy", "TV", "NZ Herald Focus", "Music", "Premium Sport", "Movies", "Sideswipe", "Opinion", "Daily quizzes", "Tennis"], "authors": [], "publish_date": null, "summary": "", "article_html": "", "meta_description": "An employer has revealed the \"simple rule\" she swears by when it comes to hiring people.", "meta_lang": "en", "meta_favicon": "/pf/resources/images/favicons/favicon.ico?d=198", "meta_data": {"viewport": "width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no", "description": "An employer has revealed the \"simple rule\" she swears by when it comes to hiring people.", "keywords": "best,2019,boss,sparks,social,media,uproar,after,sharing,rule,hiring,people,every,year,trawl,through,archives,republish,standout,business,stories,from,last,this,essentially,most,popular,topical,insightful,pieces,published,heres,that,made,cut,piece,first,april", "distribution": "global", "rating": "general", "language": "en_NZ", "robots": "index, follow, NOODP, noarchive, max-image-preview:large", "fb": {"app_id": 34497296301, "pages": "34497296301,315272855536,258352383931,105027142875212,229844183693622,168610521552"}, "og": {"title": "Best of 2019: Boss sparks social media uproar after sharing her rule for hiring people - NZ Herald", "url": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/best-of-2019-boss-sparks-social-media-uproar-after-sharing-her-rule-for-hiring-people/NF6KMVIRSZSI6DJ6N6EDKVYSYQ/", "description": "An employer has revealed the \"simple rule\" she swears by when it comes to hiring people.", "type": "article", "site_name": "NZ Herald", "locale": "en_NZ", "image": {"identifier": "https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/GEHAv515wXdS3ZgJ-cmE_ufys7o=/1200x675/filters:quality(70)/cloudfront-ap-southeast-2.images.arcpublishing.com/nzme/NDXHOPCODS5HYOVX5DDEYW4UEY.jpg", "alt": "An employer has sparked a furious backlash after she revealed the one \"simple rule\" she swears by when it comes to hiring people. 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